2002 Southern Conference baseball tournament

August 2023 2002 Southern Conference 8 Double-elimination tournament Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park Charleston, South Carolina 2002 Georgia Southern Eagles Georgia Southern University Georgia Southern 3rd Rodney Hennon 2nd Brett Lewis Georgia Southern 22,696 The 2002 Southern Conference baseball tournament was held at Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park in Charleston, South Carolina, from May 22 through 25. Fourth seeded 2002 Georgia Southern Eagles Georgia Southern University Georgia Southern won the tournament and earned the Southern Conference's automatic bid to the 2002 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. It was the Eagles third tournament win. The tournament used a double-elimination format. Only the top eight teams participate, so East Tennessee State, Appalachian State and VMI were not in the field. Seeding Team W L Pct GB Seed The Citadel 22 8 .733 – 1 2002 Western Carolina Catamounts Western Carolina University Western Carolina 20 10 .667 2 2 2002 College of Charleston Cougars College of Charleston College of Charleston 19 11 .633 3 3 2002 Georgia Southern Eagles Georgia Southern University Georgia Southern 18 11 .621 3.5 4 2002 UNC Greensboro Spartans University of North Carolina at Greensboro UNC Greensboro 17 11 .607 4 5 2002 Wofford Terriers Wofford College Wofford 14 16 .467 8 6 2002 Furman Paladins Furman University Furman 14 16 .467 8 7 2002 Davidson Wildcats Davidson College Davidson 13 16 .448 8.5 8 2002 East Tennessee State Buccaneers East Tennessee State University East Tennessee State 13 16 .448 8.5 2002 Appalachian State Mountaineers Appalachian State University Appalachian State 10 19 .345 11.5 2002 VMI Keydets Virginia Military Institute VMI 1 27 .036 20 http://epublish.multiad.com/SoCon_BB_2012/#/48/ 2011 Southern Conference Baseball Media Guide SoConSports.com 47 2012-03-29 May 25, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140525195115/http://epublish.multiad.com/SoCon_BB_2012/#/48/ deadhttp://www.soconsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=22045&SPID=1796&DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=4000&ATCLID=169063 SoCon Baseball Championship Seeds Set SoConSports.com 2012-03-29 Bracket 2 6 Furman 6 3 College of Charleston 7 7 Wofford 2 2 Western Carolina 9 5 UNC Greensboro 2 4 Georgia Southern 4 8 East Tennessee State 5 1 The Citadel 7 2 Western Carolina 0 3 College of Charleston 3 1 The Citadel 2 4 Georgia Southern 4 3 College of Charleston 9 4 Georgia Southern 4 6 Furman 7 7 Wofford 5 5 UNC Greensboro 3 8 East Tennessee State 0 1 The Citadel 0 6 Furman 6 2 Western Carolina 4 5 UNC Greensboro 6 6 Furman 9 5 UNC Greensboro 7 4 Georgia Southern 10 6 Furman 4 4 Georgia Southern 9 8 3 College of Charleston 6 0 http://epublish.multiad.com/SoCon_BB_2012/#/50/ SoConSports.com 2011 Southern Conference Baseball Media Guide 49 2012-03-29 May 25, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140525195115/http://epublish.multiad.com/SoCon_BB_2012/#/50/ dead All-Tournament Team Position Player SchoolPBrett LewisGeorgia SouthernCMatt LauerdaleCollege of Charleston1BCarolos LoveGeorgia Southern2BJack ArroyoCollege of Charleston3BLee CurtisCollege of CharlestonSSJemes SpearmanGeorgia SouthernOFCraig CaudillFurmanOFKirk StrebinUNC GreensboroOFBrett AndersonCollege of CharlestonOFMatt HerringGeorgia SouthernDHCoogie FreedmanFurman Walt Nadzak Award, Tournament Most Outstanding PlayerBrett LewisGeorgia Southern http://www.soconsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=22045&SPID=1796&DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=4000&ATCLID=169090 Georgia Southern Wins 2002 Baseball Championship SoConSports.com 2012-03-29 References SoCon Tournament Category:Southern Conference baseball tournament Southern Conference Baseball Southern Conference baseball tournament